Title: “Fearless” (in Batman 80-Page Giant 2011 #1)Format: AnthologyPublisher: DC ComicsType: Work for hireRelease Date: 08/10/11Pencils:Geoff ShawInks:Jack PurcellColors:Chris BeckettLetters: Dave SharpeCover:Dustin NguyenEdits: Bobbie Chase; Katie Kubert (assistant)Diamond order code: JUN110223Synopsis: Nick Pierce has wanted to be a super-villain since he was 5 years old. Every villain has to start somewhere, and every villain in Gotham has a first encounter with Batman. This is the story of Nick’s…

Perhaps the best, or at least one of the best, in the volume. It reads bigger than it is…Monroe and company managed to craft a convincing Bat-villain out of (almost) whole cloth in less than ten pages. That’s pretty damn impressive.